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Therapy

Welcome to the therapy category archive. Here you’ll find all the articles that have been indexed as containing useful discussions about different therapies.

Here, you’ll be able to learn about different mental health and health therapies. Reading about these therapies will help you make more informed decision about treatments.

Interoceptive Exposure: How To Use It To Manage Anxiety

9 June 20246 April 2022 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a white woman with her head in her hand and "don't panic" wrote across her face and "do" on her left hand to represent the topic of the article - Interoceptive Exposure: How To Use It To Manage Anxiety And Phobias

Reading Time: 9 minutesInteroceptive exposure is an exposure therapy similar to graded exposure, which is used to tackle bodily sensations associated with anxieties

Categories Advice, General, Health, Me, Mental Health, Research, TherapyTags Anxiety, Coping Strategies, Exposure therapy, Phobias, Psychosis, What is...30 Comments

The Outstanding Potential Of Music Therapy In Addiction

9 June 20249 March 2022 by Unwanted Life

Reading Time: 5 minutesLots of creative activities can be beneficial to our mental health, and some of these have been turned into treatments, such as music therapy

Categories General, Mental Health, Research, TherapyTags Addiction, Coping Strategies, What is...46 Comments

Abstinence And Harm Reduction: The Two Addition Treatments

9 June 202413 October 2021 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a person sitting at the side of the road holding to bottles of alcohol and wearing a furry panda head to represent the topic of the article - Abstinence And Harm Reduction: The Two Addition Treatment Methods

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe abstinence model has been the leading treatment method for over a hundred years, but are people better served by a different approach?

Categories General, Mental Health, Research, Theory, TherapyTags Addiction55 Comments

3 Beneficial Ways CBT-I Will Help With Your Insomnia

9 June 202422 September 2021 by Unwanted Life
A photo of an East Asian man sleeping in bed in the arms of his white male partner to represent the topic of the article - 3 Beneficial Ways CBT-I Will Help With Your Insomnia

Reading Time: 7 minutesIf you’re anything like me, you’ve had insomnia so long you’ve learnt to live with it. But maybe you don’t have to, maybe CBT-I is the answer

Categories Advice, General, Mental Health, Research, TherapyTags App, Cancer, Psychosis, Self-Care, Sleep, Treatment46 Comments

Snapping Rubber Bands: The Ills Of Old TV Tropes

10 June 202431 March 2021 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a young persons hand pulling back a rubber band ready to shoot it off with the article title - Snapping Rubber Bands: The Ills Of Old TV Tropes - in the top right corner of the photo

Reading Time: 5 minutesSnapping rubber bands was a fairly common thing I saw on TV and in movies as I was growing up, but is it actually good for your mental health?

Categories Advice, General, Learning Disabilities and Difficulties, Mental Health, TherapyTags Coping Strategies, Diet, Media, Self-Harm64 Comments

Graded Exposure: The Ultimate Method To Tackle Fears

11 June 202414 October 2020 by Unwanted Life
A photo of a white woman doing indoor rock-climbing to represent the topic of the article - Graded Exposure: The Ultimate Method To Tackle Fears

Reading Time: 9 minutesGraded exposure is a CBT method designed to tackle fears and anxieties, which I’ve turned into a self-help workbook so you can do it at home

Categories Advice, General, Me, Mental Health, Research, TherapyTags Anxiety, Coping Strategies, Exposure therapy, Phobias65 Comments

4 Amazing Heavy Metal Wellness Alternatives

11 June 202430 September 2020 by Unwanted Life
A picture split in two with a pile of weights and barbell in the left image and a white man playing a guitar to represent the topic of the article - 4 Amazing Heavy Metal Wellness Alternatives

Reading Time: 5 minutesA collection of wellness alternatives that all Goths, Emos, Punks, Metalheads, and all alt scene people should know about

Categories General, Mental Health, TherapyTags Alt Community, Fitness, Meditation, Mindfulness, Self-Care56 Comments

Is The Secret To Therapy The Therapeutic Relationship?

11 June 202412 August 2020 by Unwanted Life
A white female therapist having a counselling session with a white male patient to represent the topic of the article - Is The Secret To Therapy The Therapeutic Relationship

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis article looks at the therapeutic relationship and how important it is for creating a positive and successful therapy experience

Categories General, Mental Health, TherapyTags Coping Strategies61 Comments

How To Adapt Motivational Interviewing For Self-Help

12 June 20245 August 2020 by Unwanted Life
A white woman sitting down in her living room reading a self-help book to represent the topic of the article - How To Adapt Motivational Interviewing For Self-Help

Reading Time: 6 minutesMotivational interviewing provides therapists techniques to promote change in clients, which this article has adapted into a self-help method

Categories Advice, General, Health, Me, Mental Health, Theory, TherapyTags Coping Strategies, Self-Care, Support86 Comments

A Course Mandated Experiential Group For Therapists

18 June 20245 June 2019 by Unwanted Life
A group of people sitting around a table talking represent the topic of the article - A Course Mandated Experiential Group For Therapists

Reading Time: 6 minutesThis article will use an example of an experiential group for therapists to show the power of minority influence and diffused responsibility

Categories Advice, General, Me, TherapyTags Education, Group14 Comments
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